Job 21:18

18 That they are like 1straw before the wind, and like 2chaff that the storm carries away?

Job 21:18 In-Context

16 Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand? The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17 "How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes upon them? That God distributes pains in his anger?
18 That they are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away?
19 You say, 'God stores up their iniquity for their children.' Let him pay it out to them, that they may know it.
20 Let their own eyes see their destruction, and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Job 13:25; Psalms 83:13
  • 2. Psalms 1:4; Psalms 35:5; Isaiah 17:13; Isaiah 29:5
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